Anticipation

Anticipating the plunge, the ride, the surf board...  A week on the lake and everything feels better.

Anticipation

Gorgeous scenery

A week on the lake.  Scenery unmatched. Sun and fun.  Why do I work for a living again?  Oh yeah, so I can enjoy weeks like this...

Gorgeous scenery

Preparing to embark

Load'em up and let's get ready to play.  15 teenagers, a few adults, one houseboat, one ski boat, lots of toys... a recipe for a week of fun in the sun.  What an experience--for the adults and for the kids!

Preparing to embark

Ahhh, the lake!

A long winter, a long day's drive and finally we arrive.  We get to spend a week at the lake.  Ahhh, the lake!

Ahhh, the lake!

Break out the boat

The boat sees its first sunshine of the year as it emerges from its long winter sleep.  It's all prepped and ready to go.  Even the obnoxiously loud speaker system has been repaired over the winter--perfect for the teenagers and head-throbbing for the old folks.  Time to head for the lake.  Surf's up!

Break out the boat

Wind Blown

A little wind and these dandelion seeds are off on a new adventure, each seeking its own new life.  If they land and take root in my yard, it will be a short life.  I do not tolerate dandelions in my grass.  Even so, I still marvel at the close-up beauty of the dandelion seed pod.  It looks like a pin cushion at its core and the intricacies of the delicate wind catching white strands weaves a gorgeous pattern in nature.  Each stem full of ready-to-fly seeds takes me back to my childhood memories of picking them, blowing all the seeds off and watching they fly away in the gentle breeze.  Just stay out of my yard.......

Wind Blown

Flower Power

Joe is enjoying spring time.  He has gone all nature now and we rarely see him in the house.  He is too busy enjoying the sunshine, the flowers, the fresh air and chasing ants.  His flower perch is the perfect lookout spot to locate all the action.  

Flower Power

Sucked right in...

Just doing a little spring cleaning around the house.  Next thing you know, Joe gets sucked right in to the vacuum nozzle.  Good thing he is a regular P90Xer--those buff arms and shoulders saved him from the vacuum tornado vortex of certain death.  No one would have ever found him--although we would have missed him greatly.  Whew!  I am glad he saved himself.....

Sucked right in

Tree Hugger

Oh man Joe, you're going all soft on me now.  When did you start down the tree hugger path?  Better be careful up there.  You might get spotted and carried away by the big bird as lunch for the hatchlings....

Tree Hugger

Bear trap

Watch your step!  You never know when a bear trap is just around the next bend.

OH, those teeth!

No, Joe, that is not how I lost my toe.  A shark bit mine off!  Anyway, the fish story sounds more exotic than just losing it on the factory floor during my manual labor days.

Bear Trap